Shap Abbey
Kirkby Stephen railway station
Redmayne House - our B&B
Sitting room at Redmayne HouseToday was our first rest day – it rained lightly on and off all day. The car can only hold 3 people with all the luggage so I drove Stephen and Graeme to KS visiting Shap Abbey and Orton on the way. They then went on a sight-seeing trip on the Settle-Carlisle railway, an engineering marvel with many bridges and tunnels – 200 men died in its construction. Meanwhile I drove back to Orton to fetch the others who had walked to Shap and then taken the bus. We had a fairly lazy afternoon. Our accommodation is at Redmayne House – a 3 storey old stone building with lovely rooms - parts of it are Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian. We have use of a huge sitting room with extremely ornate ceiling/cornices. The garden is magnificent also.
The rest has been good for sore muscles and Stephen's feet – he now has gel insoles plus various Dr Scholl products from the pharmacy. Hopefully they will have him walking pain free tomorrow.
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